Deuteronomio 17:2 RVR1960

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 17:1-7

Here is, I. A law for preserving the honour of God's worship, by providing that no creature that had any blemish should be offered in sacrifice to him, Deut. 17:1. This caveat we have often met with: Thou shalt not sacrifice that which has any blemish, which renders it unsightly, or any evil matter or thing (as the following word night better be rendered), any sickness or weakness, though not discernible at first view; it is an abomination to God. God is the best of beings, and therefore... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 17:2

If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee ,.... In any of their cities in the land of Canaan: man or woman that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God : as all that is wrought is in the sight of the omniscient God; here it means not any kind of wickedness, for there is none lives without committing sin of one sort or another, all which is known to God the searcher of hearts, but such wickedness as is after described: in... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 17:2

Verse 2 2.If there be found among you. The same punishment is here decreed against idolaters, to which apostates had been before condemned; and thus either transgression is declared a capital crime. Hence we gather that it is accounted before God no less weighty a sin to violate His worship by gross and impure superstitions, than openly and professedly to fall away from religion altogether. Thus in Ezekiel 20:39, He bids farewell to the Jews, and as it were emancipates them, that they may go... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 17:1-7

Idolatry a capital crime. The closing verses of last chapter prohibiting groves near God's altar may be taken in connection with the verses now before us as constituting the solemn prohibition of idolatry. God will not have any rival, either sun, moon, or any of the host of heaven, not to speak of the more miserable idolatries of things on earth; he makes idolatry a capital crime, and decrees death as its penalty. This brings out the enormity of the sin in the eyes of God; and it does not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 17:2

In Deuteronomy 13:1-18 , Moses enacts what is to be done to those who seduce into idolatry. Here he declares what is to be done to those who are so seduced. Done wickedness ; literally, done the evil . The definite article is prefixed; it is not any kind of wickedness that is here denounced, but the special sin of idolatry, the wickedness κατ ἐξόχην . All idolatry was to be strictly suppressed—those convicted of it to be put to death by stoning. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 17:2-3

Sabaeism. The crime here ordained to be punished by death was sabaeism, or the worship of the heavenly bodies. Though this was in some respects the noblest, as it seems to have been the most ancient, form of idolatry—the purest in its ritual, the most elevating in its influence, the least associated with vice, it was not to be tolerated in Israel. Its apparent sublimity made it only the more seductive and dangerous. It was a departure, though at first a very subtle and scarcely... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 17:2-7

The sacredness of personal reputation seen in the regulations concerning human testimony. So far as this passage presents to us the doctrine that idolatry, being apostasy from God, was treason to the Hebrew commonwealth, and was to be punished with death, the matter is dealt with in the Homily on the thirteenth chapter. An inquiry of great importance would sooner or later arise, and would, therefore, need to be provided for in the Mosaic institutes, viz.: "On what evidence shall any one be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 17:2-7

Idolatry a crime against society. Whether the fact be obvious to all men or not, it is fact that sin against God is also sin against human society. The relation of the Hebrew nation to God, is a type of the relation which God sustains to every nation. He is the Creator of individual life and of individual endowments. He is the Source of all the moral forces which bind men together in civil society. He has appointed to each nation its habitation, and has enriched it with more or less of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 17:2-7

Compare Deuteronomy 13:1 ff. Here special reference is made to the legal forms to be adopted, Deuteronomy 17:5-7. The sentence was to be carried into effect at “the gates” (compare Genesis 19:1 note) of the town in which the crime was committed; because, as “all the people” were to take a part, an open space would be requisite for the execution. Note the typical and prophetical aspect of the injunction; compare Acts 7:58; Hebrews 13:12. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 17:2

Deuteronomy 17:2. In transgressing his covenant That is, in idolatry, as it is explained Deuteronomy 17:3, which is called a transgression of God’s covenant made with Israel, both because it was a breach of their faith given to God, and of that law which they covenanted to keep; and because it was a dissolution of that matrimonial covenant with God, a renouncing of God and his worship, and a choosing other gods. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 17:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 17:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 17:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 17:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 17:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 17:2-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 17:2-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 17:2-7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 17:2-7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 17:2

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